Sharing is Caring? Not Quite : Some Observations about ‘The Sharing Economy’

Sharing is Caring? Not Quite : Some Observations about ‘The Sharing Economy’

Fast evolving cloud-computing platforms that enable new business models, combined with a rapid uptake in digital technologies by consumers and a change in consumer behavior and preferences have enabled the emergence of a so-called ‘sharing economy’. With new start-ups offering all kinds of servic...

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Main Author: van Welsum, Desirée
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
service economy
economic growth
digital divide
digital economy
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23648
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spelling okr-10986-236482021-05-26T09:05:20Z Sharing is Caring? Not Quite : Some Observations about ‘The Sharing Economy’ van Welsum, Desirée service economy economic growth digital divide digital economy Fast evolving cloud-computing platforms that enable new business models, combined with a rapid uptake in digital technologies by consumers and a change in consumer behavior and preferences have enabled the emergence of a so-called ‘sharing economy’. With new start-ups offering all kinds of services springing up every day, there was soon talk of the ‘Uber of everything’ or ‘the uberification of the service economy.’ But these technology enabled business models also raise a number of questions, such as what are we really sharing in the ‘sharing’ economy, who participates in it, who benefits from it, what are the barriers and the risks, and does it offer growth opportunities for developing countries? 2016-01-14T17:36:56Z 2016-01-14T17:36:56Z 2016-01 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23648 en_US WDR 2016 Background Paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic service economy
economic growth
digital divide
digital economy
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economic growth
digital divide
digital economy
van Welsum, Desirée
Sharing is Caring? Not Quite : Some Observations about ‘The Sharing Economy’
relation WDR 2016 Background Paper;
description Fast evolving cloud-computing platforms that enable new business models, combined with a rapid uptake in digital technologies by consumers and a change in consumer behavior and preferences have enabled the emergence of a so-called ‘sharing economy’. With new start-ups offering all kinds of services springing up every day, there was soon talk of the ‘Uber of everything’ or ‘the uberification of the service economy.’ But these technology enabled business models also raise a number of questions, such as what are we really sharing in the ‘sharing’ economy, who participates in it, who benefits from it, what are the barriers and the risks, and does it offer growth opportunities for developing countries?
format Working Paper
author van Welsum, Desirée
author_facet van Welsum, Desirée
author_sort van Welsum, Desirée
title Sharing is Caring? Not Quite : Some Observations about ‘The Sharing Economy’
title_short Sharing is Caring? Not Quite : Some Observations about ‘The Sharing Economy’
title_full Sharing is Caring? Not Quite : Some Observations about ‘The Sharing Economy’
title_fullStr Sharing is Caring? Not Quite : Some Observations about ‘The Sharing Economy’
title_full_unstemmed Sharing is Caring? Not Quite : Some Observations about ‘The Sharing Economy’
title_sort sharing is caring? not quite : some observations about ‘the sharing economy’
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23648
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